Explore Division I Athletic and Academic Spending

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Football Bowl Subdivision

NCAA Division I is subdivided according to a school's level of football classification or sponsorship. Previously known as NCAA Division I-A, the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) is the classification for Division I athletic programs with the highest-profile football competition in college athletics.

Previously operated as FBS Athletic Conferences

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Football Championship Subdivision

NCAA Division I is subdivided according to a school's level of football classification or sponsorship. Previously known as NCAA Division I-AA, the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) is the classification of football competition for Division I institutions that choose to compete at a level that requires less financial commitment than the FBS classification.

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Division I – No Football Subdivision

NCAA Division I is subdivided according to a school's level of football classification or sponsorship. Previously known as NCAA Division I-AAA, Division I- No Football includes institutions that do not offer football but compete in Division I in all other sports.

The median amounts for academic, athletic, and football spending along with institutional funding for athletics are shown on a per capita basis for the defined years. Amounts reflect current dollars and can be adjusted for inflation by checking the box below.

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The full cost of education per full-time equivalent (FTE) student. It includes only the direct and indirect costs related to educating students; spending related to other university activities or services is excluded.

Funding allocated to athletics from the institution’s general fund, state or other government support, student fees, or indirect institutional support (also called the “athletic subsidy”) less the amount of athletic transfers to the institution. The total of institutional funding is calculated per unduplicated headcount athlete.

Total compensation expenses reported for all athletic coaches, including salaries, benefits and bonuses paid by the university, and contractually-guaranteed amounts paid by third parties, calculated on a per athlete basis.

Total compensation reported for all football coaches, including salaries, benefits and bonuses paid by the university, and contractually guaranteed amounts paid by third parties, calculated on a per football player headcount (athletic scholarship and non-scholarship) basis.

Amounts reflect current dollars.A missing or broken line in a graph represents missing data or data not included.

RefineFootball Coaching Salaries per Athletic Scholarship Football Player

Total compensation reported for all football coaches, including salaries, benefits and bonuses paid by the university, and contractually guaranteed amounts paid by third parties, calculated on a per athletic scholarship football player.

Amounts reflect current dollars.A missing or broken line in a graph represents missing data or data not included.

NOTE: NCAA definition for debt changed in 2014-2015. Do not compare to prior years.

Total Debt Outstanding on University Facilities

Total institutional debt balances owed by the university. Depending on the institution's structure, some institutions include athletic facilities debt in this total and some institutions do not. Institutions with branch campuses or that operate hospitals may also include outstanding debt related to those campuses or facilities.

NOTE: NCAA definitional changes increased, for some institutions, the amounts reported in this area beginning in 2014-15.

Positive net revenues generated by athletics and transferred to the institution for non-athletics purposes. These funds are in excess of the transfers subtracted from the institutional and governmental funds allocated to athletics.